TO HENRIETTE ROLAND-HOLST

Written:Written after January 21, 1916Published:First published in 1924 inLenin Miscellany II.

      Sent from Berne to Laren (Holland).

      Printed from the original in German.Source:Lenin
	  Collected Works,

      Progress Publishers,1971,

      Moscow,Volume 36,

      pages363-364.Translated:Andrew RothsteinTranscription\Markup:R. CymbalaPublic Domain:Lenin Internet Archive.You may freely copy, distribute,
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DearComrade,

ComradeRadek has just shown us Comrade Pannekoek’s
letter and the “Introduction”.

Thisletter and the “Introduction” substantiallychangethe previously adopted constitution ofVorbote.[2]It had
been agreed thatVorbotewould appear as the organ oftwogroups, namely,
(1) the Roland-Holst and Trotsky
group (or Roland-Holst and her friends without Trotsky,
if Trotsky is unwilling to join);
(2) the Zimmerwald Left
group (whose bureau consists of three comrades: Radek,
Lenin and Zinoviev). Comrade Pannekoek was appointed
representative of the latter group.

Nowthe above-mentioned documents (the letter and
the “Introduction”) change the constitution:Vorboteappears as the organ oftwo comrades, Pannekoek and
Roland-Holst.

IfComrades Pannekoek and Roland-Holst have decided
to make this change, we take note of it. The owner ofVorbotehad the full right to do so.

Wedo not refuse to co-operate in these new conditions,
but must require certain guarantees.Vorboteappears for
the first time as the organ of the Zimmerwald Left or “on
the platform of the Zimmerwald Left”. We wereelectedrepresentatives of that Left by all the members of the
Zimmerwald Left attending at Zimmerwald (except
Platten). We think therefore—and inthisrespect we have all
three come to a unanimous decision—that this guarantee
is self-evident, and will undoubtedly be given by you.Theguarantee consists in this, that if there are any
differences of principle among us, the article which ... by the
Central Committee of the R.S.D.L.P. (representative ...),
the editorial
board. ...[1]Notes[1]Themanuscript breaks off at this point.—Ed.[2]Thechanges in the constitution boiled down to the representatives
of the Zimmerwald Left being invited to work inVorbotenot as
editors, as had been planned earlier, but us contributors (see
pp. 394–95).

Theguarantee consists in this, that if there are any
differences of principle among us, the article which ... by the
Central Committee of the R.S.D.L.P. (representative ...),
the editorial
board. ...[1]

[1]Themanuscript breaks off at this point.—Ed.

[2]Thechanges in the constitution boiled down to the representatives
of the Zimmerwald Left being invited to work inVorbotenot as
editors, as had been planned earlier, but us contributors (see
pp. 394–95).